Running G2H.EXE Directly

If you don't like some aspect of the HTML output produced by GED2HTML, it can probably be changed. There is one easy form of output customization you can do without supplying any options whatsoever, and this is to include additional HTML text at two fixed points in the individual files. How to do this is described here.

To make more complicated changes to the output format, you will need to supply optional configuration parameters to the program when it is run. Most of these parameters are accessible from GED2HTML.EXE, the Windows user interface. However, for the few parameters that are not accessible through the user interface, you will need to run G2H.EXE directly, and supply it with ``command-line options.'' This is done as follows:

  1. Place the GEDCOM file you wish to process in the same subdirectory that contains the G2H.EXE file.
  2. Go to the File Manager window, and select the subdirectory that contains the G2H.EXE file and the GEDCOM file to be processed.
  3. Single-click on the icon representing G2H.EXE to cause it to be selected.
  4. From the File Manager Menu bar, select the ``Run'' item. A window should pop up asking if you want to run G2H.EXE with a particular command line.
  5. Edit the command line to include the particular option flags you want. The available options are described here.
  6. Start G2H.EXE by pressing the appropriate button.
  7. The output of G2H.EXE is placed in a subdirectory ``HTML'' of the directory from which it is run. With your Web browser, peruse the output (start with ``PERSONS.HTM'') to make sure that it is OK.
The HTML output of the program can also be customized through the use of output templates, which are described here.

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